Afternoon Snack- Butterfinger and Dr Pepper
Dinner- Chickfila spicy sandwich with value sized root beer and French fries
Butterfinger and Dr Pepper. This is the Leatherwood special. Growing up when my family would go on road trips to Texas to visit our cousins my mom would always get my brother and I a Butterfinger and Dr Pepper when we'd stop at gas stations. We never asked for it, she just did it. That's one of the ways she showed us that we were all she cared about.
Not only does a butterfinger and dr pepper taste delicious but there is a certain comforting nostalgia that surrounds the pairing of the buttery chocolate with the sweet zest of the beverage. I guess the reason I got one today was because I was feeling a bit lonely. And as silly as this sounds, making an adventure out of getting a gas station snack makes me feel closer to my family.
It just does.
It's fun to be in a stage of life where you appreciate the things of your childhood that your parents did for you, even though you probably never said thank you. It gets me excited for my future. And for surprising my kids with a butterfinger and dr pepper someday.
Cause no way in hell am I going to be the parent that brings his kid back a granola bar and "juice."
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